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FM Dial too crowded

Stormychuck said:
CD picture this: KUDI 1450 AM Great Fall's, Montana, 250W night time, recorded in Finland, on November 1975........Clear as a bell....Go figure!
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But that's outside the coverage map....sorry, we cannot have that. ;)

Another guy in Finland caught a 1580 with less than 10 watts a few years ago, and I am sure it was confirmed by the 1580 (maybe Ohio or Indiana). No distance record, but our r-i member kilokat7 caught 1450 AM Gold in Bermuda from the NC Outer Banx recently. From our mainland near-sunset-time AM jungle, I say, not bad, Dad.

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CD I know your right, we're gonna ketch hell because these signal's were welllll outside the coverage map area, they'll be debating this for year's....................LOL
 
cd637299 said:
I am not in engineering, so as far as the dBu's and such, my question is, how are those dBu's conducted? Does it not depend on the radios used themselves? I'm a DXer, so I try to use the best FM radios I can. Even a decent walkman or maybe small FM/mp3 player might pack a punch these days!

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Its how many decibals are carraying a radio wave. Meaning a 40DbU signal is the farthest from the transmitter you can pick up a stations groundwave signal. Pretty much how much energy that signal is packing. However depending on the station skipping and radio prodgation can and will happen. Some stations will skip more than others.

Oh and it doesn't depend on the radio. It all depends on the power of the station. Like a signal between 50- 60DBu should be pick up on most radios with a good antenna. However portable radios will have issues picking up those signals.
 
Some great DX stories here. Often times would pick up stations from Kansas and Missouri here in Central Florida. Guam, seriously? ;)
 
cd637299 said:
I can't imagine any places on Earth where > 8000 mile reception (whether AM, FM, SW or whatever) would be possible!
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SW is very common at that distance or more. When there were more tropical band stations, Indonesia, India and locations in that region were heard regularly in the NE US. I heard Australia on 660 from Cleveland, 9500 miles.
 
Can anyone tell me if 98.5 The Beach can be heard in any part of Orlando? I find myself being their new PM Drive guy via Dial-Global radio Networks, and was just wondering....thanks.
 
johnsummers said:
Can anyone tell me if 98.5 The Beach can be heard in any part of Orlando? I find myself being their new PM Drive guy via Dial-Global radio Networks, and was just wondering....thanks.
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The answer is no. WSBH is a class "A" FM operating with 6kw from a 328 foot tower transmitting from Melbourne. The 98.5 signal just barely provides a fringe rinshot signal over extreme Southest Orlando and Orange County. WSBH is basically a Melbourne, Brevard County station.

Congratulations on becoming WSBH's new afternoon-drive on-air personality via satellite.
 
More stuff on the dial. When did this 98.5 come on? For a long time I believe the only station around on 98.5 was WKTK/Crytstal River, Gainesville, Ocala. When they first came on, you could actually hear them well in Orlando and from the Gulf to the Atlantic. Truly (KTK), coast to coast. So, they have had to reduce power and while they still have a great signal, its' not what is used to be. How far south can this 98.5 "The Beach" be heard?
 
johnsummers said:
Can anyone tell me if 98.5 The Beach can be heard in any part of Orlando? I find myself being their new PM Drive guy via Dial-Global radio Networks, and was just wondering....thanks.
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Formerly of WMMO and BJ105, by the way....
 
Completely over saturated its horrible! Go out west and WPWX gets TRUMPED by bleedover of some religious 92.1 from Hoffman Estates to Elgin.

WKKV used to reach Woodfield mall, now its Calvary Radio from Arlington Heights on 100.7 106.3 has a LPFM around Zion I believe which overtakes WSRB.

BLAH. take me back to the 80s 90s
 
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